_AND THE MEN OF EPHRAIM GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER, AND WENT NORTHWARD, AND SAID UNTO JEPHTHAH, WHEREFORE PASSEDST THOU OVER TO FIGHT AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND DIDST NOT CALL US TO GO WITH_ _ THEE? WE WILL BURN THINE HOUSE UPON THEE WITH FIRE._ Gathered themselves together - Hebrew were... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEPHTHAH SAID UNTO THEM, I AND MY PEOPLE WERE AT GREAT STRIFE WITH THE CHILDREN OF AMMON; AND WHEN I CALLED YOU, YE DELIVERED ME NOT OUT OF THEIR HANDS._ When I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. The straightforward answer of Jephthah shows that their charge was false, their c... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN I SAW THAT YE DELIVERED ME NOT, I PUT MY LIFE IN MY HANDS, AND PASSED OVER AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND THE LORD DELIVERED THEM INTO MY HAND: WHEREFORE THEN ARE YE COME UP UNTO ME THIS DAY, TO FIGHT AGAINST ME?_ I put my life in my hands - a common form of speech in the East for und... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN JEPHTHAH GATHERED TOGETHER ALL THE MEN OF GILEAD, AND FOUGHT WITH EPHRAIM: AND THE MEN OF GILEAD_ _ SMOTE EPHRAIM, BECAUSE THEY SAID, YE GILEADITES ARE FUGITIVES OF EPHRAIM AMONG THE EPHRAIMITES, AND AMONG THE MANASSITES._ The men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE GILEADITES TOOK THE PASSAGES OF JORDAN BEFORE THE EPHRAIMITES: AND IT WAS SO, THAT WHEN THOSE EPHRAIMITES WHICH WERE ESCAPED SAID, LET ME GO OVER; THAT THE MEN OF GILEAD SAID UNTO HIM, ART THOU AN EPHRAIMITE? IF HE SAID, NAY;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEPHTHAH JUDGED ISRAEL SIX YEARS. THEN DIED JEPHTHAH THE GILEADITE, AND WAS BURIED IN ONE OF THE CITIES OF GILEAD._ Jephthah ... died. After a government of six years this 'mighty man of valour died;' and however difficult it may be for us to understand some passages in his history, he has bee... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AFTER HIM IBZAN OF BETHLEHEM JUDGED ISRAEL_ _ AND AFTER HIM IBZAN OF BETHLEHEM JUDGED ISRAEL._ After him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. Since Beth-lehem is not followed by the distinguishing term Ephratah or Judah, it is most probable that the northern Beth-lehem is meant-namely, that in t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE HAD THIRTY SONS, AND THIRTY DAUGHTERS, WHOM HE SENT ABROAD, AND TOOK IN THIRTY DAUGHTERS FROM ABROAD FOR HIS SONS. AND HE JUDGED ISRAEL SEVEN YEARS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AFTER HIM ELON, A ZEBULONITE, JUDGED ISRAEL; AND HE JUDGED ISRAEL TEN YEARS._ After him Elon, a Zebulonite, х_ HA-ZªBUWLONIY_ (H2075), the Zebulonite; Septuagint, Ailoom ho Zabouloonitees]. Josephus calls him Helon.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ELON THE ZEBULONITE DIED, AND WAS BURIED IN AIJALON IN THE COUNTRY OF ZEBULUN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AFTER HIM ABDON THE SON OF HILLEL, A PIRATHONITE, JUDGED ISRAEL._ After him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel, х_ `ABDOWN_ (H5658) = bªdaan (the `ayin (') being dropped, as was often the case among the Phoenicians, in the word `-b-d, Gesenius), Bedan (1 Samuel 12:11), _ HA-... [ Continue Reading ]